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Why is Promoting Technology NOT Good?

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  Recently I wrote this in one of the groups I manage after reading several comments from members who clearly did not understand the facts behind several of my posts, quote: " I think it is important to point out why promoting technology is NOT a good thing. First of all, technological devices DO NOT reduce emissions, period. They RAISE emissions. For those who do not understand this, please look up Jevons Paradox [Tim Garrett explains Jevons Paradox and Civilizational Inertia here] . Secondly, one cannot help reduce the effects of climate change without reducing the effects of ecological overshoot. Ecological overshoot is CAUSED by technology use. More technology use = more ecological overshoot, and since ecological overshoot is what causes climate change, using more technology only makes climate change WORSE, not better. So, please take this into mind before promoting the very thing that has brought us to this point in time. One might as well promote arsenic as a health aid... ...

How Intractable is Our Lack of Agency?

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  Farm near Douthat State Park, Virginia

Changing Perspectives

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Lake Jocassee as seen from the boat ramp at Devils Fork State Park in South Carolina

Do You See Technology From a Complete Perspective?

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  Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia

Anthropocentric Narratives and Bargaining

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The walkway down to Otsego Lake at Fairy Springs Park outside of Cooperstown, New York

Enlightenment Eradicates False Beliefs

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People enjoying the swimming hole at Bell Smith Springs Recreational Area

The Illusion of Control

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  Dale Hollow Reservoir, Tennessee

Why Is Society Still Mired in Mainstream Thinking?

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  Eagle Rock Train Station, Eagle Rock, Virginia

The Illusion of Self and Separation

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Lake Placid as seen from Whiteface Mountain , New York

New Documentary: Headwind"21

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What is Special Pleading?

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The inside of the Hyde Hall Covered Bridge (Burr Arch design) built in 1825 at Glimmerglass State Park in New York.

Our Actual Reality - the Disappearance of Modernity

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Fog rising over a farm field in Virginia

Cultural Programming - Who Will Stand Up For What's Right?

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  The view from Pretty Place Chapel , South Carolina

Denial of Reality, Part Two

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  Fields in Pennsylvania

Why is Our Lack of Agency Difficult to Accept?

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  Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

A Predicament With an Outcome

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Ludington Pumped Hydro Project with Lake Michigan in background

What is Technology Addiction?

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  People enjoying the fantastic view atop Whiteface Mountain in New York

What is Doomism?

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People enjoying the scenery at Bridal Veil Falls near Provo, Utah, on US 189

The Condition of Our Anthropocentrism

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Scenes like this on the Cumberland River will become quite rare in about a decade. Live Now!

What is Indigenuity?

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  Bell Smith Springs Recreational Area